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n. - Symptoms that mimic those of a specific disease but without inflammation.

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Usage examples (5)
  • - Encephalitis: fever, neurological signs, convulsions, coma, sometimes meningism with a clear CSF.
  • With the first MMR vaccine (Urabe mumps strain) meningism/meningitis also occurred as a complication but it was even less frequent and milder than was the meningitis...
  • - Classical meningeal syndrome with fever, meningism, neck stiffness, Budzinski and Kernig's signs positive: the patient lying extended, involuntarily flexes the knees...
  • It is more  common in children, while headache and meningism are more common in adults.
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